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IN A PRESS RELEASE issued today, Integrity Music Europe have announced a new distribution agreement with Marston Book Services, effective as of Monday 2nd September 2013. This follows in the wake of parent company David C Cook’s decision earlier this year to pull the plug on its own UK distribution division, Kingsway Distribution. The agreement places … Continue reading →

A NUMBER OF CHANGES on the trade distribution front as Dernier Publishing have left Kingsway Distribution and are now dealing direct with retailers; Kingsway Distribution appear to have entered the final chapter in the long-running saga of their struggles to deliver a viable UK trade distribution service; and TMD have struck an exclusive UK & Ireland distribution agreement with innovative US children’s publisher, AZ Books. Continue reading →

JOHN PACULABO, Managing Director of Kingsway Music for over 20 years, has died. I personally only knew John as an adversary in our exchanges here as he sought to defend Kingway’s integrity and that of his employees: he was a fighter to the end. I am intensely saddened that I never had the opportunity to … Continue reading →

GIVEN THE CONSTANT CHOPPING AND CHANGES in recent times, it would be easy to get confused over what’s what and who goes where at Kingsway, but fear not: in the words of Mother Julian of Norwich, “All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well.” In short, the … Continue reading →

Business as usual at TMD Paul Owen appointed as Director Of Sales at Kingsway Distribution SU Bookshop Dublin reopened under new ownership Business as usual at TMD MY THANKS to Pete Barnsley, TMD’s Supply Chain & Marketing Team Leader, for his prompt response to yesterday’s report on the sale of Trust Media Distribution to the company’s CEO, … Continue reading →

EIGHTEEN UK WORKERS HAVE PAID THE PRICE in job losses as the long-term globalisation strategy behind Kingsway’s merger with David C Cook has been “accelerated” following the group’s more recent acquisition of Integrity Music. Emphasising the level of expertise and investment involved alongside the strength and stability of the group’s new distribution system, Cris Doornbos, … Continue reading →

Discussions Update At some point within the next week or so I plan to post a summary of the recent discussions, working title “Kingsway: Discussion Summary and Unanswered Questions”. A preliminary draft is available in the Christian Authors, Booksellers and Publishers facebook group: all group members are welcome to comment, suggest revisions and/or possible solutions, … Continue reading →

Update, 29/09/2011 “Somehow we have to deal with this or we will be torn apart by it” – Eddie Olliffe reflects on the current situation: Book Trade – Pricing policy, discounts and the deepening sense of unease THE SCREENSHOT BELOW shows Kingsway’s announcement telling everyone on their mailing lists to “check out your local HMV” for … Continue reading →

Integrity Music becomes part of the Kingsway family: acquired by David C Cook group on June 1st http://bit.ly/mO2am9 — UKCBD News Reviews (@UKCBD) June 13, 2011 … and a new name for Integrity Media Distribution: Joining The Dots Distribution http://bit.ly/joiningthecots — UKCBD News Reviews (@UKCBD) June 13, 2011

2010: how was it for you? The question’s a little premature, of course: we’ve still got a few days to go. But from a web stats perspective, here’s how it’s been in this little corner of the blogosphere, with the top ten posts as follows, set out as post date, title, page views. 26/01/10 Living Oasis: … Continue reading →

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